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Under the Skin
by Michel Faber
ISBN: 0156011603
ISBN-13: 9780156011600
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In this comic, allegorical novel, Isserley, a tiny woman with mysterious origins, trawls the highways and backroads of Scotland looking for well-muscled hitchhikers who will not be missed should they happen to disappear....
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"UNDER THE SKIN is a fantastic first novel, in both senses....A great first novel, it is ...perhaps the best vegetarian novel ever written." -- Benjamin Kunkel
-- Boston Book Review
"Michael Faber's first novel is a fascinating book that grows deliberately and progressively peculiar....The book is often very funny, and much of the comedy comes from the perspectives given by Isserley's (potential) victims....UNDER THE SKIN is a remarkable novel, a strange, sometimes crude meditation on mercy, pain and iniquity." -- Andre Alexis
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published date: 2001
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 319
Publisher's Notes
Hailed as "original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century" (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a "fascinating psychological thriller" (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peering up over the steering wheel. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, she listens to her hitchhikers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them if they should disappear. At once humane and horrifying, Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory-our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion. A grotesque and comical allegory, a surreal representation of contemporary society run amok, Under the Skin has been internationally received as the arrival of an exciting talent, rich and assured.
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Under the Skin: A Novel
Faber, Michel
Unknown: Harvest Books. Trade PaperBack. 0156011603 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 2001 Harvest Books Trade PaperBack . Very Good. 2001. ( more information)
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Harvest Books, 2001-08-20. Paperback. Very Good. 2001. Harvest Books. Paperback. No prior owner marks. Minor edge wear and scuffing. Ship same or next day. More fiction books in our store. Matching ISBN. ( more information)
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Harvest Books. Paperback. 0156011603 SOFTCOVER, UNREAD NEW BUT HAS A VERY TINY BIT OF SHELF WEAR FROM DISPLAY OR STORAGE,CLEAN & COMPLETE PAGES & EXTERIOR - . New. 8/20/2001. ( more information)
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San Diego, Ca: Harcourt, Inc., 2001. "Original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century... Michel Faber is a strong, moral voice, and this first novel promises great things for the future." - The Wall SAtreet Journal . First Edition. Soft Cover. Nr Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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